The opening sequence is worth seeing alone. As you go down to the city in the sea below in a special elevator/submarine an old film begins to play which covers the submarine window. It is a message from Andrew Ryan in a 1950's propaganda style format. I'll do my best to quote:
"Is man not entitled to the sweat off his own brow?
The man in Washington says NO! It belongs to democracy.
The pope in the Vatican says NO! It belong to the church.
The party in Soviet Russia says NO! It belong to everyone.
I reject all these ideas and instead offer something new. Something impossible. I give you... RAPTURE!"
The movie screen pulls away revealing a beautiful city. A giant squid, schools of fish, and whales are swimming in view as well. The audio from Andrew Ryan continues and he goes on about a perfect society where scientists are not limited by petty morality and artists are not held back, etc., etc.
This game encourages people to question modern morality based on being selfless or dedicated to society. It encourage people to think about the ideas of Ayn Rand. To me that is extremely valuable in itself.
The society started falling apart because the citizens were genetically altering themselves and they turned into addicts, mutants & monsters.
Dorian got a reaction from mdegges in BIOSHOCK